Argentina V Iran 5pm

Palacio's hair. :haha:

Romero saves and kills football.

Come on Iran! :bow:

Welbeck esque first touch there:(

Oh get out.

Argentina 1-0 Iran, MESSI!!!!!!!! :bow:

MESSI!!!!!

Kills football.

I hope he's happy.

Biglia on. :scarf:

Messitina 1-0 Iran, FT!

Iran. :(

Still better than England tbf.

Messi. :bow:

GOAT.

Well done Iran.

Messi's tournament tbf.

"ITV don't do 0-0s in this World Cup". Perhaps not Adrian, but your coverage is hovering around the Absolute Zero mark...

di Maria is an utter prick for the way he walked off pitch

Now heard Iran should have had pk

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"ITV don't do 0-0s in this World Cup". Perhaps not Adrian, but your coverage is hovering around the Absolute Zero mark...

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As they are quick to point out, it's all the host broadcaster doing the work.

Iran :bow:. They woz robbed tbf.

Argentina will surely be found out by one of the better teams. They've been woeful so far. Even worse than an uninspired Brazil. Messi and Di Maria have had really poor tournaments so far. But Messi scored two great goals. He can't do it every game though.

Iran could get through if the play like that in their final game.

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As they are quick to point out, it's all the host broadcaster doing the work.

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Chapeau that man!

I'm not sure Argentina can get much better...Personnel-wise that is their finest eleven.


OH WHAT THE FUCK HAVE ENGLAND GO TO DO WITH IT?

I dunno, Argentina have started amazingly in World Cup's before then withered away, could be different this time. Difficult with quite a poor midfield though.

Germany are the only side that would stop them from this side of the draw I think, although having said that, France have a pretty good chance
of beating Germany with how they are playing.

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I just don't like it, although to be fair for most of the season Stevie Me had been fairly disciplined in the role he was supposed to be doing but I was really dissapointed in his reaction following the Chelsea mistake. I just don't think we can rely on a guy to be the dominant figure in a team and for it to be one that seems to play for himself when
the first mistkae he makes occurs.

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Well everything we did last season has to be allied with our dire [away] defence, and the midfield plays a part in that. He was phenomenally disciplined after he picked up his ninth yellow. I was astounded that he'd make it through that many games without putting in some stupid tackle or being forced to make the foul.
I think playing in a 3 (or even a diamond) would have worked infinitely better than playing with two in the middle as we did. It was always going to make it harder.

I don't think he plays for himself when things go wrong, but rather that he trusts no one else. I think saying "plays for himself" gives an impression of selfishness which I don't think is true. Same with the whole "Hollywood Ball" thing. He just doesn't do it to any great extent anymore, unless he feels he has to force something.

Either way I'd be surprised if he didn't retire after this tournament. Unless he feels like he has to make up for his header :rolleyes:

ITV have sacked Vieira. :lol:

PV going home? Phew.

And they over-ran on the time for compliments :lol: ITV are just an utter disaster :haha:

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Well everything we did last season has to be allied with our dire [away] defence, and the midfield plays a part in that. He was phenomenally disciplined after he picked up his ninth yellow. I was astounded that he'd make it through that many games without putting in some stupid tackle or being forced to make the foul.
I think playing in a 3 (or even a diamond) would have worked infinitely better than playing with two in the middle as we did. It was always going to make it harder.

I don't think he plays for himself when things go wrong, but rather that he trusts no one else. I think saying "plays for himself" gives an impression of selfishness which I don't think is true. Same with the whole "Hollywood Ball" thing. He just doesn't do it to any great extent anymore, unless he feels he has to force something.

Either way I'd be surprised if he didn't retire after this tournament. Unless he feels like he has to make up for his header :rolleyes:

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I think it's the case in terms of how he played after the error against Chelsea, it seemed to me that he decided to rain shots down from everywhere trying to make up for his error when that is not what he was doing earlier in the game. To me, he killed any chance of you getting back in to that by wasting any chances by going for goal at the earliest possible opportunity. I don't think a player like that is compatible with what is needed in midfield to do anything significant in international football and I would say we saw that in the Uruguay game too (but it was later in the game so not quite so many instances).

Of course, it may seem a bit churlish to pick out that one example of when it happened but I think when the situation was - at such a massive point of the season, it's worth highlighting.

Gerrard's a cunt.

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I think it's the case in terms of how he played after the error against Chelsea, it seemed to me that he decided to rain shots down from everywhere trying to make up for his error when that is not what he was doing earlier in the game. To me, he killed any chance of you getting back in to that by wasting any chances by going for goal at the earliest possible opportunity. I don't think a player like that is compatible with what is needed in midfield to do anything significant in international football and I would say we saw that in the Uruguay game too (but it was later in the game so not quite so many instances).

Of course, it may seem a bit churlish to pick out that one example of when it happened but I think when the situation was - at such a massive point of the season, it's worth highlighting.

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Well I can't argue with the Chelsea game. But I think even then it was towards the end of the game, when we were continuing in failing to break them down. A good number of those chances he was better off not shooting though. I'm not sure it really made much difference though, that bus was firmly parked. It still is.

I've erased pretty much all of it from my mind though.

Now heard Iran should have had pk

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Imagine if Iran drew :lol:

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Messitina 1-0 Iran, FT!

Iran. :(

Still better than England tbf.

Messi. :bow:

GOAT.

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Pretty much.

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ITV have sacked Vieira. :lol:

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Wut?

Enjoyed that match other than the end bit, big bit penalty shout, ho hum.

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Wut?

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That was his last game as a pundit for them, at least in the World Cup anyway.

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That was his last game as a pundit for them, at least in the World Cup anyway.

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Back to Citeh? Pfft next you be telling us Wenger is staying in Brazil until the final as his primary job is something dumb like being a commentator :sulk:

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Back to Citeh? Pfft next you be telling us Wenger is staying in Brazil until the final as his primary job is something dumb like being a commentator

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:lol: